#79BCAB#79BCAB

#79BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BCAB
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(165, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -25.11, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 25.18, 175.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0727 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.073 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2164, 42.9696, 45.0639)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BCAB #BC798A

analogous

#79BC89 #79BCAB #79ABBC

triadic

#79BCAB #AB79BC #BCAB79

tetradic

#79BCAB #8979BC #BC798A #ABBC79

square

#79BCAB #8979BC #BC798A #ABBC79

split-complementary

#79BCAB #BC79AB #BC8979

monochromatic

#3E7C6D #53A590 #79BCAB #A2D0C5 #CBE5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#79BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BCAB

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BCAB	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2d0c4',
    500: '#79bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bcab;
$custom-light: #a2d0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.776,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74539,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BCAB

secondary

#D5BCC2

accent

#3956AC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F4F9F8

border

#CED2D1

text

#0F1412

muted

#7F8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BCAB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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